Having been requested by several readers, this story is a sequel to "Mind-Games" and follows the characters as their lives change and they get older. You can read the above first or read this one as a stand-alone story.
The last five years seemed to have been a whirlwind of ever-changing circumstances for Lucy her life nowadays bearing no resemblance to what it had once been. Today was the first time she had seen her ex-husband Max since their divorce, embarrassingly he had turned up for their daughter's wedding with a female on his arm, one who was perhaps older than their daughter and younger than their son.
She had known that he was going to be there, he was the father of the bride after all, but the special effort Lucy had taken with her appearance had not been for him. Over the last couple of years, she had lost weight and toned up, at forty-eight, she now looked quite a few years younger.
Her escort for the day was her son Nathan and her special effort had been for him. She thought back to when they had first slept together, several months after his twentieth birthday. He had wooed her, leaving erotic stories on her computer, and then finally disclosing his true feelings. Initially, she had been shocked, but over time she had lowered her defences and allowed him in, firstly to her life and then to her body.
Lucy hadn't wanted to upstage her daughter Katie, it was her big day, and so had chosen carefully. The powder blue suit had been expensive but emphasised her figure perfectly, looking classy with its close-fitting cut and managing to show her as the beautiful woman she was. Nathans reaction when she had first worn it for his approval, had been what was required. He had carefully helped her out of it before throwing her to the bed as they made love.
It was the thing she put down to her youthful appearance. Her first years of marriage had been happy and fulfilling, but slowly her life had become mundane, and her husband had lost interest. Nathan had reawakened her, sex with him was exciting and his youthful exuberance had been the tonic she needed.
Lucy inspected her make-up in the mirror before heading back to the reception party, the meal was out of the way and speeches had been made, she could relax now and enjoy the evening.
Katie looked stunning in her wedding dress, her bump not yet showing. She and Benjy had dated for over two years and when she suddenly found herself pregnant, they had decided to name the day. She met her mother as she was about to re-enter the room.
'I notice dad keeps looking in your direction, you must be making him jealous,' she laughed. Katie had already had a touch too much to drink.
'Be careful how much more you drink. Remember, you are having a baby.' Lucy cautioned
Katie threw her arms around her mother's neck and hugged her. 'Are you happy mum, really happy?'
'Don't I look it, Katie? I promise you; I have never been happier.'
'And all down to our Nathan,' Katie whispered.
Lucy felt a sudden jolt as her stomach lurched. She stepped backwards and looked seriously at her daughter.
'C'mon mum, I'm not a child anymore. I know that you and Nathan have been having a relationship.'
Lucy was about to deny it, but her daughter continued speaking. 'I don't mind mum, it's nice to see you happy, and if Nathan makes you happy, who am I to say it's wrong...... though I was jealous for a while.
Lucy was gobsmacked, she knew her daughter had once made advances towards her brother, but Nathan had turned her down. She had no idea that her daughter knew what the two of them got up to.
Katie grinned, 'Whatever he's doing to you, it certainly seems to be working because you look gorgeous mum, and it is probably the reason dad keeps looking your way.
The two women were laughing together. For years Lucy thought she had managed to keep it a secret, now that the cat was out the bag with her daughter, it felt as if a weight had been lifted.
'I must go and pee,' Katie said. 'But if you ever get bored with Nathan...... I'll take him off your hands.'
With that parting shot, she was gone, heading towards the ladies. Lucy's heart was pounding, not because of the shock she had just experienced, but because someone as young and pretty as her daughter had been passed over in preference to herself.
Back in the room, her hand was suddenly grabbed. 'Come and dance with me,' Nathan mouthed over the volume of the music.
Lucy joined him on the dancefloor, she would have liked to have got closer, but it was still early and the smoochy music wouldn't come on until later. A couple of dances and then they began circulating the room, chatting with guests, thanking people for coming. To the casual observer, she and Nathan could have been a couple, most of them commenting that he had turned into a handsome young man. Lucy glanced in his direction often, her heart beating that little bit faster as she recognised that she was in love with him.
Up until her divorce, he'd had a girlfriend, Milly. Lucy had always told him that he needed to keep the relationship going or at least find another girlfriend. She knew in a way what the future held, she was over twenty years older than her son, and a time would come when she was an old woman, no longer desirable. She didn't want him to be lonely when that happened, she wanted him to have a family of his own by then.